THE STORY... BEHIND THE STORY... I am not Journalist, I am a victim of theft. I am here by necessity, fighting forces much larger than us. Before we were aware of what Sibel Edmonds was doing... We have been...
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"The plight of sweat shop workers in the clothes industry has been well documented, but what about those who toil in exotic countries to satisfy our exotic palates? One student tasted life on the gourmet production lines." I am the first to put my hand up and admit that,...
By, Uwe Paschen. The Global recession could have been avoided even with the latest financial scandals and the US mortgage crisis would we have had a common global currency. Some of the hard ship that companies do...
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Reporting on the humanoid ethical shopping phenomenon that makes us both happy and smug, alien correspondent Asbo hits the streets to find out more. He is physically sick over a fair trade cappuccino, shop lifts...
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This is a recent photo story from my trip to Nepal. I lived in a small village for about 2 1/2 months and this multimedia feature is a good representation of what I learned. ...
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" Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening. He voiced a call for America on election day to vote her own best interests. Though a stalwart of...
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We often think of Fair Trade as a label that applies only to developing countries. I guess we could be wrong. Emily Dugan (The Independent) writes that Low prices force farmers to give up on cauliflowers. If her facts are accurate farmers in the UK get paid only half...
The vast Amazon rainforest straddles Brazil (over half is there), and stretches over many countries, including Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. It holds more than 2,500 tree species and 30 per cent of all known plant...
Algerian born chef Mourad Mazouz, behind the famed restaurant Momo (a taste of the Casbah in London) offers his Choc and Awe notes on Chocolates for Christmas (as seen from the UK) in Observer Food Monthly. I could not help but notice that he sings the praise of a...
Need to 'outsource' household chores and ready to give a fair pay for a good day's work, newcomer 'LaborFair' can help. That is if you live in California.